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List of Gods : "Sabazius" - 2 records

Name ▲▼	Origin ▲▼	Description ▲▼
Nymph name "Sabazius"	Phrygian	A Phrygian divinity, commonly described as a son of Rhea or Cybele ; but in later times he was identified with the mystic Dionysus, who hence is sometimes called Dionysus Sabazius. For the same reason Sabazius is called a son of Zeus by Persephone, and is said to have been reared by a nymph Nyssa.
Deity name "Sacra Savadia"	Jewish	The deity åśśociated with the Jewish Sabaoth (Tseba'oth). Plutarch states that the Jews worshiped Dionysus, and that the day of the Jewish Sabbath was a festival of Sabazius.

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